I know it's more in fashion to love a modern girl
With her picture in the papers in the midst of social whirl
And I know it's more in keeping to be trendy in your dress
And be photographed at opening nights with champagne in your glass
But I'm not in the picture because I love a sunburned girl
On her stockhorse moving cattle through the yards
When they're loading up a road train for a journey to the coast
I see the sunburned people working hard
In the little towns and districts when they're still hanging on
Well they're keeping everything they've got in hand
And I know I'm not in fashion but I couldn't give a damn
I respect the sunburned people of this land
No doubt it's more the thing I suppose to own a racing horse
And be seen at all the races and to win the cup of course
And it's even more upmarket to play polo every
year And to stand around the railings wearing R.M.
Williams gear
But there's no way to make me keep priorities
in line There's more important things,
don't get me wrong
In mining towns or road camps on fountains stations wide
Oh the sunburned people keep on keeping on
They don't have to stay out where the going's rough and hard
They do because their life is in this land
And I might be out of fashion but I couldn't
give a damn
I respect the sunburned people of this land
I respect the sunburned people of this land